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. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> trust me when i tell you there was not a dry eye in the house after that moment. and by way of introducing my friends here in the booth with us, as you see gabby giffords and her astronaut husband watching on, you know, savannah guthrie is here, david gregory, chuck todd. savannah, as a fellow arizonan, something who knows something of the recovery process for this member of congress, you and i were there in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. the word herculean keeps coming up. >> when you see her walk out there, it was a labored walk but there she is. when you think about what she went through, being shot point blank in the head, it's amazing. from what my impression is of her recovery, to be able to say the pledge of allegiance from memory was an incredible feat of strength. as you mentioned, there really wasn't a dry eye in this room. >> your expectations for this evening? you and i were talking
. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> trust me when i tell you there was not a dry eye in the house after that moment. and by way of introducing my friends here in the booth with us, as you see gabby giffords and her astronaut husband watching on, you know, savannah guthrie is here, david gregory, chuck todd. savannah, as a fellow...
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republican secretary of states from kissinger to baker, powell to rice, president bush, 71 united states senators all supported president obama's new start treaty, but not mitt romney. he has even blurted out the preposterous notion that russia is the number one geopolitical foe. folks, sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt romney talks like he has only seen russia by watching "rocky iv." i tell you. -- so here is the choice -- here is the choice in 2012, mitt romney out of touch at home, out of his depth aboard, and out of the mainstream, or barack obama a president giving new life and truth to america's indispenseible role in the world, a commander in chief who gives our troops the tools and training they need and more the honor and help they have earned when they come home. a man -- a man -- a man who will never ask other men and women to fight a war without a plan to win the peace. [cheers and applause] and let me say -- let me say something else. let me say something else: no nominee for president should ever fail in the midst of a war to pay tribute to troops over
republican secretary of states from kissinger to baker, powell to rice, president bush, 71 united states senators all supported president obama's new start treaty, but not mitt romney. he has even blurted out the preposterous notion that russia is the number one geopolitical foe. folks, sarah palin said she could see russia from alaska. mitt romney talks like he has only seen russia by watching "rocky iv." i tell you. -- so here is the choice -- here is the choice in 2012, mitt romney...
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to me, being a united states senator would be amazing. >> al: and it is. it is. but it's different now. >> cenk: but it's different. the idea of being on the floor for four or five hours to raise money is horrible. >> al: it is not just the time spent. it is -- you know, the nature of those conversations, you know. everybody handles it in a different way. and you just push back. but they have to push back all the time. i've heard them talk and it's gotten a lot worse since i left the senate. >> bizarre segue maybe. i've always saw three types of fund-raising. the worst is fund-raising for politics. give the money to me so i can be a candidate. just so self-grandizing and egotistical about it. second worse is raising money to make money for other people. invest with me. funds, the whole bit. the best, the one that's pure is raising money for -- they have a distinctly different feel to them and the political fund-raising hands down the worst. >> cenk: some people want something in return for that money. it is not a quid pro quo but it is, to me, it is a very unfort
to me, being a united states senator would be amazing. >> al: and it is. it is. but it's different now. >> cenk: but it's different. the idea of being on the floor for four or five hours to raise money is horrible. >> al: it is not just the time spent. it is -- you know, the nature of those conversations, you know. everybody handles it in a different way. and you just push back. but they have to push back all the time. i've heard them talk and it's gotten a lot worse since i...
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it would be barack obama who has gone on to become president of the united states. john kerry in the role of singing the presidents praises to become the next possible secretary of state. hillary clinton would like to step down and john kerry would like to step up. regardless come the president returning the favor to the man who provided the moment for him. >> we were stretched to the breaking point and ran marching towards a nuclear weapon unchecked and osama bin laden was still plotting. it took president obama to make america bleed like america again. it took president obama to restore our moral authority. it took president obama to ban torture. the president understands that our values don't limit our power. they magnify it. he showed that global leadership is a strategic imperative for america. not a favor that we did other countries, and president obama kept his promises. he promised to end the war in iraq, and he has. and our heroes have come home. he promised to end the war in afghanistan, responsibly, and he is, and our heroes are coming home. he promised t
it would be barack obama who has gone on to become president of the united states. john kerry in the role of singing the presidents praises to become the next possible secretary of state. hillary clinton would like to step down and john kerry would like to step up. regardless come the president returning the favor to the man who provided the moment for him. >> we were stretched to the breaking point and ran marching towards a nuclear weapon unchecked and osama bin laden was still...
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god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the foo fighters. ♪ >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here. i think this song makes perfect sense here tonight. ♪ [foo fighters "there goes my hero" playing] ♪ o ♪here goes my her fighters playing "there goes my hero"] ♪ ♪ [piano playing] ♪ [foo fighters playing "there goes my hero"] ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ playingighters "learning to walk again"] ♪ ♪ playingighters "learning to walk again"] ♪ ♪ ♪ [foo fighters playing "learning to walk again"] ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] >> we are at a generous people. >> we are able to help other people because we are thriving. >> we are at our best when we say that we want the same kind of chance that we have had for others. >> i am not asking for millions of dollars. just a stable home. a stable family. >> people being able to find their own way. i hope i am among those people. >> i think all of america is intere
god bless the united states of america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the foo fighters. ♪ >> thank you very much. it is an honor to be here. i think this song makes perfect sense here tonight. ♪ [foo fighters "there goes my hero" playing] ♪ o ♪here goes my her fighters playing "there goes my hero"] ♪ ♪ [piano playing] ♪ [foo fighters playing "there goes my hero"] ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ playingighters "learning...
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barack president of the united states. [cheers and applause] we are at our core conservatives in the best sense of the word. ment thoughtful, responsible with public resources and respectful of personal freedom and we're liberal in the best sense of the word. we believe that government can and should be an instrument for the greater good. and although my former party has hijacked the term, there's really nothing conservative about today's republican party. no. [cheers and applause] in fact, there's no room there for traditional conservatives like us. but i am proud to say that in my friend, president. barack, we've found a -- president. -- president barack obama we've found a friend who holds these principles dear. we love this land. we believe in steward ship protecting our air and water because despite what big business and this party would have you believe destroying these precious resources will cost us far more in the future than preserving them now. second, we believe in personal freedom. we do not want the governmen
barack president of the united states. [cheers and applause] we are at our core conservatives in the best sense of the word. ment thoughtful, responsible with public resources and respectful of personal freedom and we're liberal in the best sense of the word. we believe that government can and should be an instrument for the greater good. and although my former party has hijacked the term, there's really nothing conservative about today's republican party. no. [cheers and applause] in fact,...
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states, where these young people who grew up in the united states, and they had to pay for the privilege of going in to get this provisional status. that energy was patriotic, and he spoke to hispanics all over the country, but beyond hispanics to all of the americans. >> eliot: the stories we have heard tonight reflect the benefits to society, how those who get that small handout benefit and build an entire community, and it has been an amazing thing to see that turn in the sense of community, purpose, and goodness. >> jennifer: eliot you are totally right, reflecting so well of the loans issue -- where the young person says how do i start my own business well borrow from your parents. he said i wish i would have thought of that. [ laughter ] >> al gore: yes. >> john: we always here any time you criticize our tax policy oh, you hate successful people. when he said mitt romney has no idea how good he has had it folks aren't attacking wealth. they are attacking people with no understanding of their own societal privilege, and with that line, mitt romney has no idea how good he has it. >>
states, where these young people who grew up in the united states, and they had to pay for the privilege of going in to get this provisional status. that energy was patriotic, and he spoke to hispanics all over the country, but beyond hispanics to all of the americans. >> eliot: the stories we have heard tonight reflect the benefits to society, how those who get that small handout benefit and build an entire community, and it has been an amazing thing to see that turn in the sense of...
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[cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. and i probably nominate him to be the standing bearer of the democratic party. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] in tampa, florida, a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk. about how the president and the democrats don't believe in enterprise and free initiative. how we want everybody to be dependent on the government. how badly are for the economy. this republican narrative, this alternative universe says that everyone of us in this room who amounts to anything, we are completely self-made. one of the greatest chairman of the democratic party ever had, bob strauss, said that every politician wanted every voter to believe that he was born in the log cabin and he built himself. [laughter] but he admitted that it's not so. we democrats, we think the country works better with a strong middle class with real opportunities for folks who work their way into it. with a relentless focus on the future and business and government actually working together to promote growth and broadly sha
[cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states. and i probably nominate him to be the standing bearer of the democratic party. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] in tampa, florida, a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk. about how the president and the democrats don't believe in enterprise and free initiative. how we want everybody to be dependent on the government. how badly are for the economy. this republican narrative, this...
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god bless you and god bless the united states. thank you. >>> the governor of massachusetts, the man who succeed mitt romney as governor of massachusetts. anderson, it's only just beginning. >> it certainly is. within the next another michelle obama will be making the speech that everyone is looking for tonight. in terms of how that speech play d, effective? >> i thought he did what he needed to do. he talked about barack obama. it was rallying the convention. it was what we're supposed to do again and again and again. and i bet castro does it in the keynote tonight. this is what the first night of a convention is supposed to be about. it's setting up the president. he's the guy on the ballot. >> i think to james' point. marketing 101. set up the problem that your candidate can come in at the end and solve. this is a base election for the obama people. they're making very few efforts to reach across the middle. let's pump up our base. if you don't say anything that changes what people already think, they don't change. >> do you th
god bless you and god bless the united states. thank you. >>> the governor of massachusetts, the man who succeed mitt romney as governor of massachusetts. anderson, it's only just beginning. >> it certainly is. within the next another michelle obama will be making the speech that everyone is looking for tonight. in terms of how that speech play d, effective? >> i thought he did what he needed to do. he talked about barack obama. it was rallying the convention. it was what...
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obama deliver his red states, blue states, united states classic an the rest is history. alex? >> thanks, rachel. tonight, julian castro will become the first latino to deliver the prime time keynote address. at just 37 years old, it is an understatement to say he's a rising star in the party. he's been called a democratic answer to marco rubio, while some have likened his personal story to that of president obama. >> we believe the real emergency is getting more students across the graduation stage. we believe that veterans who risk their lives for us shouldn't have to come home and fight for their own livelihoods here. we believe that a woman's right to privacy is an individual liberty, not a political wedge issue. >> despite his youth, castro already has more than a decade of political experience under his belt. he was first elected to the san antonio city counsel sill at age 26. he will be introduced by his twin, joaquin, who is running for a congressional seat. the twins were raised by their mother and grandmother, who is a mexican american civil rights organizer in texas
obama deliver his red states, blue states, united states classic an the rest is history. alex? >> thanks, rachel. tonight, julian castro will become the first latino to deliver the prime time keynote address. at just 37 years old, it is an understatement to say he's a rising star in the party. he's been called a democratic answer to marco rubio, while some have likened his personal story to that of president obama. >> we believe the real emergency is getting more students across the...